Help with Plymouth not showing splash screen.

d_fajardo · 2018-01-03 20:48:53

I recently installed Arch Linux on my Thinkpad X220 which had previous installation of Kubuntu, then Manjaro. I installed plymouth following the Wiki but it's not working properly. It just doesn't show any splash. I am using KDE with SDDM.

Here is my mkinitcpio.conf:

# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run.  Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array.  For instance:
#     MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES=(intel_agp i915 nvme btrfs)

# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image.  This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=()

# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way.  This is useful for config files.
FILES=()

# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file.  The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added.  Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
##   This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
##   No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
#    HOOKS=(base)
#
##   This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
##   work as a sane default
#    HOOKS=(base udev autodetect block filesystems)
#
##   This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
##   No autodetection is done.
#    HOOKS=(base udev block filesystems)
#
##   This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
##   Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
#    HOOKS=(base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems)
#
##   This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
#    HOOKS=(base udev block lvm2 filesystems)
#
##   NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
#    usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS=(base udev plymouth autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard fsck)

# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"

# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()

I am using rEFInd as boot manager and here is my refind_linux.conf. I removed 'quiet' temporarily in the kernel parameters for debugging:

"Boot with standard options"  "root=PARTUUID=a6ef80f5-ad78-4185-8d1d-fcf6f8f9db21 rw splash add_efi_memmap initrd=/intel-ucode.img initrd=/initramfs-linux.img"
"Boot to single-user mode"    "root=PARTUUID=a6ef80f5-ad78-4185-8d1d-fcf6f8f9db21 rw splash add_efi_memmap initrd=/intel-ucode.img intird=/initramfs-linux.img"
"Boot with minimal options"   "root=PARTUUID=a6ef80f5-ad78-4185-8d1d-fcf6f8f9db21 rw add_efi_memmap systemd.unit=user.target"

I've checked dmesg and I didn't see anything suspicious there.

Any help?

Last edited by d_fajardo (2018-01-03 21:57:41)

jasonwryan · 2018-01-03 20:51:47

Please edit your thread title to reflect your issue: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

And post the relevant journal excerpt from a hung shutdown.

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#1 2018-01-03 20:48:53

Help with Plymouth not showing splash screen.

#2 2018-01-03 20:51:47

Re: Help with Plymouth not showing splash screen.

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